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Full-Time Faculty

Name Title Email Phone Office
Christopher B. Goodman Associate Professor cgoodman@niu.edu 815-753-6146 IA 204
Jaehee Jong Assistant Professor jjong@niu.edu 815-753-0183 IA 208
Julie Langer Assistant Professor jlanger@niu.edu 815-753-0183 IA 212
Eunju Rho Associate Professor erho@niu.edu 815-753-0183 IA 211
Scott Robinson Professor and Chair srobinson1@niu.edu 815-753-0183 IA 213
Alicia M. Schatteman Associate Professor aschatteman@niu.edu 815-753-4410 ZH 114
Thomas Skuzinski Associate Professor tskuzinski@niu.edu  815-753-0183 IA 203
Kurt M. Thurmaier Presidential Engagement Professor  kthur@niu.edu 815-753-0311 IA 210

Staff

Name Title Email Phone Office
Jeanna Ballard Assistant to the Chair jballard5@niu.edu 815-753-0183 IA 202
Ellen Cabrera Interim Office Administrator ellenc@niu.edu 815-753-0183 IA 214
Lisa March NEC Licensed Professional lmarch@niu.edu  815-753-0183 IA 205

Instructors

Name Email Phone
Jeanna Ballard jballard5@niu.edu  815-753-0183
Denise E. Burchard dburchard@niu.edu 815-753-0183
Peter Burchard peter@peterburchard.com 815-753-0183
Rena Cotsones rcotsones@niu.edu 815-753-0834
Ian Coyle icoyle@niu.edu  815-753-0183
Mel Henriksen mhenriksen@niu.edu  815-753-0323
Lori S. Curtis Luther lscluther@gmail.com 262-899-1041
Pam Gallahue pamgallahue@niu.edu 815-753-0183
Shawn Jeffers sjeffers1@niu.edu  847-221-7860
Gregory T. Kuhn gkuhn@niu.edu 815-753-3705
James H. Norris jnorris@niu.edu  847-815-3826
Brian Richardson brichard@niu.edu  815-753-0162
Matthew Simpson msimpson@niu.edu  815-753-0183
Marc Thorson mthorson@niu.edu 815-753-4301
Robin Weaver rweaver1@niu.edu 815-753-0183
Don Weiss dweiss1@niu.edu 815-753-0183
Andy Williams awilliams@oakton.edu 847-635-1875

Emeritus Faculty

Name Title Email Phone
James M. Banovetz Professor and Director Emeritus jbanovetz@niu.edu 815-753-0184
Paul J. Culhane Associate Professor Emeritus pculhane@niu.edu 815-753-0184
J. Dixon Esseks Professor Emeritus jesseks@msn.com 815-753-0184
Gerald T. Gabris Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus ggabris1@niu.edu 815-753-0184
Heidi O. Koenig Associate Professor Emeritus hkoenig2@niu.edu 815-753-0184
Donald C. Menzel Professor & Director Emeritus dmenzel@niu.edu 815-753-0184
Michael T. Peddle Associate Professor Emeritus mpeddle1@niu.edu 815-753-0184
Bruce A. Rocheleau Professor Emeritus brucerocheleau@gmail.com 815-756-2169
Irene Rubin Professor Emerita hearthealthy.rubin9@gmail.com 815-753-0184
Curtis H. Wood Associate Professor Emeritus chwood@niu.edu 815-753-0184

Graduate Assistants

Name First Field Second Field Email Phone Office
Tochukwu Madueke Comparative Politics Public Administration tmadueke1@niu.edu 815-753-6189 IA 112
Carolina Velandia Hernandez Public Administration International Relations cvelandiahernandez1@niu.edu 815-753-6189 IA 112

Contact Us

Department of Public Administration
IASBO Building (2nd Floor)
815-753-0183
publicadm@niu.edu
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Office Hours

Monday-Friday
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Lunch break: noon-1 p.m.